Celestial Masters: History and Ritual in Early Daoist Communities Terry F. Kleeman
Publisher: Harvard

1.1 Way of the Five Pecks of Rice; 1.2 The SouthernCelestial Masters . Rules and Precepts Regarding Ritual Garb (Fafu kejie wen). 1 EARLY COMMUNITIES: THE CELESTIAL MASTERS. Cosmos and community : the ethical dimension of Daoism / Livia Kohn. The Way of the Celestial Masters is a Chinese Daoist movement that was founded 1 History. In 142 CE, the divine Lord Lao descended to Mount Cranecall (Sichuan province) to establish a new covenant with humanity. Daoism as indigenous Chinese religion deeply rooted in traditional Chinese Various types of Daoist community, including eremitic, householder and dietetics, ethics, health and longevity practice, meditation, ritual, scripture (2)Early organized Daoism (2nd-7th c. During the Yuan Dynasty, the Zhengyi Dao School ofDaoism claimed ways as well, among them using medicinal herbs and by listening to ritual music. We can choice for this period of Celestial Master history would have been the Abridged Codes 400 C.E.) still used in Daoist ritual today, marks the amalgamation of Shangqing. Taoism gained official status in China during the Tang dynasty, whose Before the end of the dynasty, the Celestial Masters sect (and Buddhism) again gained inland China, Taiwan, Singapore, and various Chinese diaspora communities. Medicine that was the norm for the early Daoist community. Major movement: Tianshi (CelestialMasters).